Doctoral Degrees and Habilitation

The Doctoral Degree Regulations (Promotionsordnung) (direct link to the PDF Doctoral Degree Regulations) describe in detail the requirements and the application procedure to study for a doctorate at the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH).

The TUHH awards the following doctoral degrees:

• Doktor-Ingenieurin oder Doktor-Ingenieur (Dr.-Ing.)
• Doktorin der Naturwissenschaften oder Doktor der Naturwissenschaften (Dr. rer. nat.)
• Doktorin der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften oder Doktor der Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaften
  (Dr. rer. pol.)
• Doktorin der Philosophie oder Doktor der Philosophie (Dr. phil.)

Section 3 of the Doctoral Degree Regulations lists the special academic requirements for completing a doctoral degree.

You must first find a supervisor to supervise your dissertation. Then contact the person of your choice directly. A listing of the deaneries can be found here.

The next step is to send the application for admission to the doctoral program to the doctoral committee of the TUHH (the form can be found on the "applications and instructions" page).
If you intend to submit a cumulative dissertation, please note that only publications in which all co-authors have confirmed their predominant collaboration in writing on the form provided can be considered. A predominant contribution is deemed to exist if more than 50% of the scientific contribution can be attributed to you. We recommend obtaining confirmation from the co-authors at an early stage, preferably when the publication is accepted.

After the presentation in the office of the Dean of Studies you submit the dissertation along with the Application to Inaugurate Doctoral Degree Proceedings (the form can be found on the "applications and instructions" page).

An overview of all instructions, applications and cover sheets, the affidavit, the model resumé for your dissertation and other documents can be found under the menu item "applications and instructions".

For information about the application procedure for admission to study for a doctorate see Section 4 of the Doctoral Degree Regulations and the Application Procedure to Inaugurate Doctoral Degree Proceedings in Section 5 of the Doctoral Degree Regulations.

The doctoral committee has passed a resolution on the recognition of digital documents in the doctoral process. In the resolution you will find a list of documents that can be submitted digitally to Examination Office - Doctoral Affairs and will be sent digitally by the doctoral committee.  (Download resolution PromA digital documents)

The Technical University of Hamburg has adopted an agreement for the supervision of doctoral students of the TUHH in February 2022. The supervision agreement can be found here: Supervision Agreement

For the submission of documents, dissertation, advice etc. we offer open consultation hours Tuesdays from 9:30h to 11:30h.

Contact person:

Friederike Freund- Responsible for doctoral procedures last name A-K ( Availability from Monday to Friday mornings )

Britta Thies - Responsible for doctoral procedures last name L-Z ( Availability from Monday to Wednesday )

Contact details via the menu item Contact: https://www.tuhh.de/tuhh/nach-dem-studium/promotion-und-habilitation/kontakt

Prior to admission to study for a doctorate, the foreign degree must first be deemed equivalent to a German university degree.

Please contact the Examination Office - Doctoral Affairs, bringing with you your application documents and copies of your master’s and bachelor’s degree certificates in the original language along with any other appropriate certificates.